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      In general, <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Fiber</strong></span> synchronization objects
      can neither be moved nor copied. A synchronization object acts as a mutually-agreed
      rendezvous point between different fibers. If such an object were copied somewhere
      else, the new copy would have no consumers. If such an object were <span class="emphasis"><em>moved</em></span>
      somewhere else, leaving the original instance in an unspecified state, existing
      consumers would behave strangely.
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      The fiber synchronization objects provided by this library will, by default,
      safely synchronize fibers running on different threads. However, this level
      of synchronization can be removed (for performance) by building the library
      with <span class="bold"><strong><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_FIBERS_NO_ATOMICS</span></code></strong></span>
      defined. When the library is built with that macro, you must ensure that all
      the fibers referencing a particular synchronization object are running in the
      same thread.
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